I set off walking from the start of the road leading towards South Glen Dale. After walking circa 1.5km along the tarmac road, I gained access to the hillside via an unlocked gate.

Start of walk from start of road leading to South Glen Dale:

A few hundred metres beyond the gate, I met a local farmer with his sheepdog, who enquired as to where I was heading. On advising “Roineabhal”, he suggested just “follow the fence to the hill”.
It was certainly worth following the fence for a few hundred metres however beyond that the fence descends to the coast. I followed the fence as far as its high point.

Eriskay, Barra and the Eriskay causeway from Cruachan:

It was quite difficult to get a photo of Roineabhal this morning as the sun was directly above the hill, resulting in lots of lens flare on the photos.

Looking towards Roineabhal:

During the walk in to Roineabhal, it was nice to look across to Beinn Sciathan on Eriskay. I last ascended Beinn Sciathan in August 2010. I got no views that day due to low cloud. Given the weather today was superb, I decided to re-ascend Beinn Sciathan on the way back to the ferry.

Calbhaigh and Eriskay:

Looking back towards the Eriskay causeway:

As I approached the summit, I got views towards Beinn Mhor on South Uist and also towards my final three unclimbed South Uist Marilyns – Beinn Ruigh Choinnich, Triuirebheinn and Stulabhal.

South Uist hills from the summit of Roineabhal:

South Uist hills from the summit of Roineabhal (zoom):

Eriskay and Barra from the summit of Roineabhal:

From the summit, I returned via a slightly lower route. This turned out to be a bad move as the heather was deeper and the ground rougher. I should have returned via the ridge.
On reaching South Glen Dale, I walked back along the tarmac road to where I had been dropped-off by the bus and then continued on to cross the Eriskay causeway.

Looking back towards Roineabhal from the start of the Eriskay causeway:

Start of the Eriskay causeway:

After crossing the causeway, I continued walking along the road to reach the road high-point between the Eriskay shop and the Eriskay slipway.

Eriskay shop and community centre:

“Our Lady” on the road below Beinn Sciathan:

From the road highpoint, I set off up Beinn Sciathan.

Beinn Sciathan:

I followed pretty-much the same route as per my August 2010 ascent.

Ascending Beinn Sciathan:

Ascending Beinn Sciathan:

Looking towards the summit of Beinn Sciathan:

It was definitely a good idea to re-ascend this hill on a good day. The views from Beinn Sciathan are outstanding.

Rum from the summit of Beinn Sciathan (zoom):

Summit of Beinn Sciathan:

Skye from the summit of Beinn Sciathan (zoom):

View from the summit of Beinn Sciathan:

View from the summit of Beinn Sciathan:

From the summit of Beinn Sciathan, I returned to the road high-point and then walked along the road back to the Eriskay slipway.

Heading down towards the Eriskay slipway:

The ferry crossing back to the Isle of Barra was pleasant.

On the Calmac ferry heading back to the Isle of Barra:

Once back on the Isle of Barra, we visited a nice beach on Vatersay.

Beinn and Becky at Vatersay beach:

On returning from the beach, we passed the starting point for Beinn Tangabhal. I decided to also ascend Beinn Tangabhal to make it three hills on three islands.

I parked and set off from the road high-point beside the War Memorial. I climbed over the barbed-wire fence via a very short section with no barbed-wire. However, a short distance beyond the initial fence, I also had to climb over another fence.

Looking towards the 230m top of Beinn Tangabhal:

I really enjoyed the ascent of Beinn Tangabhal. Beinn Tangabhal has lots of slabby rocks which made a pleasant change from walking on dry grass and heather.

View from lower slopes of Beinn Tangabhal:

Beinn Tangabhal is a great hill for views across to the Bishop Isles and down to Castlebay.

Sheabhal and Castlebay from Beinn Tangabhal:

Bishop Isles from Beinn Tangabhal:

I ascended towards the cairn on the 230m top.

Beinn Tangabhal from the 230m top:

Looking towards South Uist from the summit of Beinn Tangabhal:

From the 230m top, after descending a short distance, I made my way to the summit of Beinn Tangabhal.

View from the summit of Beinn Tangabhal:

View from the summit of Beinn Tangabhal:

After visiting the summit, I also visited a viewpoint cairn circa 100m away. Worth visiting the viewpoint cairn to get a good view down to Castlebay, which is not seen from the summit.

Castlebay (zoom):

After returning via the same route to the car, we visited the Castlebay Bar and had an outstanding meal in the Craigard Hotel.